References 1 - 40
Completed Assessments References 1 - 40
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) - Assessment report - March 2000 (PDF 880 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) - One page summary (PDF 12 KB)
The following disclaimer is inserted at the request of Professor Rodney Hicks: The primary conclusion in the reports arising out of the 2000 Review of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) undertaken by the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) does not reflect the opinion of Professor Rodney Hicks and he also disputes many of the interpretations regarding the clinical and cost-effectiveness of this technology made in the body of these reports.
The following members of the MSAC Supporting Committee did not agree that the final MSAC Assessment Report: Positron Emission Tomography March 2000 or the Report of the Review of Positron Emission Tomography August 2000 reflected their views: Dr Ken Miles, Dr Robert Thomas and Professor Rodney Hicks.
- PDF Printable version - Nuchal translucency measurement in the first trimester of pregnancy for screening of trisomy 21 and other autosomal trisomies - Assessment report - May 2002 (PDF 1519 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Nuchal translucency measurement in the first trimester of pregnancy for screening of trisomy 21 and other autosomal trisomies - One page summary (PDF 23 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Provision of pulmonary thromboendarectomy (PTE) - Assessment report - January 2001 (PDF 157 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Provision of pulmonary thromboendarectomy (PTE) - One page summary (PDF 7 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Magnetic resonance imaging for staging cervical and endometrial cancer - Assessment report - November 2001 (PDF 390 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Magnetic resonance imaging for staging cervical and endometrial cancer - One page summary (PDF 11 KB)
Ref 02 - Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- Ref 09a(i) - Polymerase Chain reaction in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Patients with BCR-ABLgene Rearrangement in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
- PDF Printable version - Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with BCR-ABLgene rearrangement in chronic myeloid leukaemia - Assessment Report (PDF 1018 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with BCR-ABLgene rearrangement in chronic myeloid leukaemia - One page summary (PDF 35 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Pathology testing - Assessment report - March 2003 (PDF 301 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Pathology testing - One page summary (PDF 105 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Pathology testing - Assessment Report - August 2003 (PDF 783 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Pathology testing - One page summary (PDF 108 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with BCR-ABL gene rearrangement in acute lymphoid leukaemia - Assessment report - March 2004 (PDF 573 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with BCR-ABL gene rearrangement in acute lymphoid leukaemia - One page summary (PDF 35 KB)
- (a) Nucleic acid amplification (NAA) testing in haematological malignancy
(ii) Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with PML-RARæ and PLZF-RARæ gene rearrangement in acute promyelocytic leukaemia
- (a) Nucleic acid amplification (NAA) testing in haematological malignancy
Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with AML1-ETO and CBFß-MYH11 gene rearrangement in acute myeloid leukaemia
- Ref 10 part 2 (i) - Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - Additional Indications
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) - Assessment report - May 2001 (PDF 381 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) - One page summary (PDF 13 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) - Assessment report - August 2001 (PDF 615 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) - One page summary (PDF 13 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) with the aid of tissue stabilisers - Assessment report - September 2001 (PDF 522 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) with the aid of tissue stabilisers - One page summary (PDF 13 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) with the aid of tissue stabilisers - Assessment report - September 2001 (PDF 430 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) with the aid of tissue stabilisers - One page summary (PDF 13 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Liquid based cytology for cervical screening - Assessment report - August 2002 (PDF 589 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Liquid based cytology for cervical screening - One page summary (PDF 67 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Human papillomavirus testing in women with cytological prediction of low-grade abnormality - Assessment report - August 2002 (PDF 542 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Human papillomavirus testing in women with cytological prediction of low-grade abnormality - One page summary (PDF 72 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Computer-assisted image analysis for cervical screening - Assessment report - May 2003 (PDF 501 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Computer-assisted image analysis for cervical screening - One page summary (PDF 106 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer - Assessment report - May 2003 (PDF 1433 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer - One page summary (PDF 90 KB)
- PDF Printable version - The use of human papillomavirus testing to monitor effectiveness of treatment of high-grade intraepithelial abnormalities of the cervix - Assessment report - March 2004 (PDF 3666 KB)
- PDF Printable version - The use of human papillomavirus testing to monitor effectiveness of treatment of high-grade intraepithelial abnormalities of the cervix - One page summary (PDF 84 KB)
- Ref 14 - Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for Morbid Obesity
- PDF Printable version - Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity - Assessment report - August 2003 (PDF 845 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity - One page summary (PDF 88 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Transanal endoscopic microsurgery - Assessment report - March 2003 (PDF 957 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Transanal endoscopic microsurgery - One page summary (PDF 13 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) for non-small-cell lung cancer and solitary pulmonary nodules - Assessment report - November 2005 (PDF 582 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) for non-small-cell lung cancer and solitary pulmonary nodules - One page summary (PDF 76 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Faecal occult blood test (FOBT) - Assessment report - May 2004 (PDF 801 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Faecal occult blood test (FOBT) - One page summary (PDF 87 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Carotid Stenting - Assessment report - March 2005 (PDF 3149 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Carotid Stenting - One page summary (PDF 15 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) - Assessment report - March 2005 (PDF 1381 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) - One page summary (PDF 76 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) for epilepsy - Assessment report - November 2004 (PDF 431 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Positron emission tomography (PET) for epilepsy - One page summary (PDF 82 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Vertebroplasty - Assessment report - August 2005 (PDF 1743 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Vertebroplasty - One page summary (PDF 31 KB)
Ref 27.1-Review of Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture and Review of Interim Funded Service: Vertebroplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture - PDF Printable Version - Review of Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture and Review of Interim Funded Service: Vertebroplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture - Assessment Report
- PDF Printable Version - Review of Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture - Public Summary Document
- PDF Printable Version - Review of Interim Funded Service: Vertebroplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture - Public Summary Document
- PDF Printable Version - Review of Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture and Review of Interim Funded Service: Vertebroplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture - One page Summary of Report
Ref 22 - Treatment of Hyperhidrosis of the Axillae - withdrawn
Ref 23 - Injection of Botulinum toxin for the Treatment of Spasticity Following Stroke - withdrawn
Ref 24 - Injection of Botulinum toxin for the Treatment of Focal Spasticity in Adults - withdrawn
Review of Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture and Review of Interim Funded Service: Vertebroplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fracture
- Ref 28 - Laparoscopic removal of malignancies - withdrawn
- PDF Printable version - Drug eluting stents - Assessment report - November 2004 (PDF 2317 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Drug eluting stents - One page summary (PDF 42 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Endometrial ablation techniques for chronic refractory menorrhagia - Assessment report - May 2005 (PDF 928 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Endometrial ablation techniques for chronic refractory menorrhagia - One page summary (PDF 70 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Implantable cardioconverter defibrillators for the prevention of sudden cardiac death - Assessment report - February/March 2006 (PDF 2163 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Implantable cardioconverter defibrillators for the prevention of sudden cardiac death - One page summary (PDF 45 KB)
Ref 33 - Endovascular Treatments for Intracranial Aneurysms
- PDF Printable version - Gamma Knife Radiosurgery - Assessment Report - January 2006 (PDF 915 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Gamma Knife Radiosurgery - One page summary (PDF 80 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for recurrent melanoma - Assessment report - August 2007 (PDF 601 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for recurrent melanoma - One page summary (PDF 70 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for recurrent ovarian cancer - Assessment report - August 2007 (PDF 536 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for recurrent ovarian cancer - One page summary (PDF 81 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for recurrent colorectal cancer - Assessment report - August 2007 (PDF 799 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for recurrent colorectal cancer - One page summary (PDF 71 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer - One page summary (PDF 44 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer - Assessment report (PDF 656 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Head and Neck Cancer - One page summary - February 2009 (PDF 45 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Head and Neck Cancer - Assessment report - February 2009 (PDF 641 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Lymphoma - Public summary document - February 2010 (PDF 51 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Lymphoma - One page summary - September 2009 (PDF 26 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Lymphoma - Erratum - November 2009 (PDF 89 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Lymphoma - Assessment report - November 2009 (PDF 1283 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Glioma - Public summary document (PDF 39 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Glioma - One page summary (PDF 97 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Glioma - Assessment report - March 2010 (PDF 773 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Sarcoma - Public summary document (PDF 45 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Sarcoma - One Page Summary (PDF 160 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Sarcoma - Assessment report - March 2010 (PDF 1189 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Cervical Cancer - Public summary document (PDF 42 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Cervical Cancer - One page summary (PDF 46 KB)
- PDF Printable versions- PET review: Cervical Cancer - Erratum - June 2010 (PDF 66 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET review: Cervical Cancer - Assessment report - March 2010 (PDF 626 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Myocardial Viability - Public summary document (PDF 39 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Myocardial Viability - One page summary (PDF 57 KB)
- PDF Printable version - PET for Myocardial Viability - Assessment Report - March 2010 (PDF 574 KB)
- 36 Peritonectomy with heated intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy - Assessment Report - March 2010 (PDF 554 KB)
- 36 Peritonectomy with heated intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy - Public Summary Document (PDF 30 KB)
- 36(a) Peritonectomy - Assessment Report - November 2006 (PDF 561 KB)
- 36(b) Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy - Assessment Report - November 2006 (PDF 491 KB)
- 36 (c) Paediatric Liver Transplantation - Review Report - May 2007 (PDF 387 KB)
- 36 (d) Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy - Assessment Report - November 2006 (PDF 668 KB)
- 36 (e) Paediatric Heart Transplantation - Review Report - November 2008 (PDF 584 KB)
- PDF Printable version- Digital mammography for breast cancer screening, surveillance and diagnosis - Assessment report - November 2007 (PDF 747 KB)
- PDF Printable version- Digital mammography for breast cancer screening, surveillance and diagnosis - One page summary - November 2007 (PDF 22 KB
- PDF Printable version - Human Papillomavirus Triage Test for Women with Possible or Definite Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions - Public summary document (PDF 99 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Human Papillomavirus Triage Test for Women with Possible or Definite Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions - One page summary (PDF 99 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Human Papillomavirus Triage Test for Women with Possible or Definite Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions - Assessment report (PDF 2132 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) for glaucoma - Assessment report - November 2008 (PDF 823 KB)
- PDF Printable version - Macular optical coherence tomography (OCT) for glaucoma - One page summary - November 2008 (PDF 118 KB)
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Ref 34 - Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Ref 35a - Positron emission tomography (PET) review for Melanoma, Ovarian and Colorectal Cancer
Ref 35b(i) - Positron Emmission Tomography (PET) for Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer
Ref 35b(ii) - Positron Emmission Tomography (PET)for Head and Neck Cancer
Ref 35c - Positron EmissionTomography (PET) for Lymphoma
Ref 35d - Positron Emission Tomography (PET) review: Glioma and Sarcoma
Ref 35e - Positron Emission Tomography (PET) review: Cervical Cancer
Ref 35f - Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for Myocardial Viability
Ref 36 Nationally Funded Centres
Ref 37 - Digital Mammography
Ref 39 - Human Papillomavirus Triage Test for Women with Possible or Definite Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions
Ref 40 - Macular Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) for Glaucoma
